In preparation for my Multimedia Essay, I am doing some research into social media advertising. How does it work? How are ads targeted? And is this form of advertising more effective? These are all questions I’d like to explore in… Continue Reading
Once again I’m stalking my classmates blogs in order to better understand this week’s readings. I really liked Bernadette’s post where she simply explained what Manovich means when he’s going on about databases and narratives; “Narrative: cause-and-effect of seemingly unordered items.… Continue Reading
On Saturday I went to Laneway Festival, a one day music festival held at Footscray Community and Arts Centre. I had a great time and saw some killer acts, including Mac DeMarco, FKA Twigs, Caribou and Banks. It was a… Continue Reading
During this summer semester as well as Networked Media, I’m also taking Broadcast Media. For one of our assignments we are to produce a short radio documentary. In order to know exactly what goes into a radio documentary I’ve been… Continue Reading
After attempting to get through the Galloway reading, and write a somewhat sketchy blogpost about my findings, I decided to stalk my peers’ blogs for some clarification. As per usual, Emerald came home with the goods and wrote a couple of really… Continue Reading
To be 100% honest, I struggled with the Galloway reading. It was long and abstract, and I found it difficult to process and apply to my life and interests. However, what I did take away from it was Galloway’s thoughts about… Continue Reading
The John Potts and Andrew Murphie reading explore the terms technology, culture and technique, and how they relate to one another and contribute on the whole to our society. Let’s start with ‘technology’. Developed alongside the ‘Industrial Revolution’ – as Western… Continue Reading
In this week’s readings Douglas discusses literature and the seemingly inevitable end of books ie. physical writing. With the introduction of hypertext comes a new concept of narratives – stories without endings. Douglas refers to; “Barthes’s famous “Death of the… Continue Reading
This week I’ve really enjoyed learning about html. I never really thought I knew anything about it, but Emerald from my class reminded me of the hours and hours we would spend as young teens coding our myspace pages to… Continue Reading
Social networks are a rose-tinted glass window into our lives. Food on Instagram looks so much yummier than in real life, our friends are always having fun and never annoying, and clothes look way better in flat lay than they… Continue Reading